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Linux Mint 14 issues with WiFi connectivity
For the past month and a half or so I've been trying rid myself of my Windows dependency. I have tried Fedora, Ubuntu, and now Linux Mint. Everything works great except for WiFi.
I install the distro ...
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Reduce WiFi power usage
I found that WiFi is draining too much battery power on my laptop.
The system has Linux Mint 14 (32 bit) and runs with its default kernel, 3.5.0-17-generic. The driver in use is ath9k and runs on ...
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Dell Studio 15 Broadcom wireless drivers not working in Linux Mint
I installed Linux Mint 12 on my Dell Studio 15 and everything worked perfectly up until I tried updating the STA Driver for the Broadcom (BCM4312) wireless controller.
I've tried these bash commands ...
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No WiFi in Linux Mint Xfce
I just installed Linux Mint (Debian Edition) Xfce x64 on my laptop, in preparation of getting my new computer for Christmas. Anyways, I am trying to connect to wireless, but I can't seem to get it to ...
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Wireless very slow after operating system change
I've been a long time Windows user, last it was Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and I'm now running Linux Mint 11 64bit.
However if on Windows I was able to get to a download speed of 3.2MB/s then on Mint ...
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rfkill unblock all does not activate a certain wireless card
With an intel 1000 wireless card;
rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ...
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LMDE detects a wireless card, but can't use it
LMDE can see my wireless card, and correctly identifies it, but it refuses to let me turn it on through the shiny graphical interface. Is there a way to use the non-shiny terminal to turn on my ...
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Wi-Fi connection download speed is cut in half in Linux Mint
I have a pretty decent DSL connection that usually gave me about 105KB/second download speed over wifi. The "official" download speed was 1.5 megabits so I should have been getting a bit more, but ...
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How can I install USB-N13 on Linux Mint? [closed]
How do you install the Asus USB-N13 wireless adapter, 802.11b/g/n model onto mint 11 64bit CD version. The driver/firmware is not included by default...
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How do I fix wireless for Linux Mint on Sony Vaio M13M1E?
I have a Vaio M13 M1E, and I'm trying the Linux Mint 10 (Julia) DVD, via a bootable USB stick created Universal USB Installer, but the wireless isn't working.
On the other hand, trying Ubuntu 10.10 ...
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Can I use Linux Mint to act as a router?
Can I use Mint as a Router service, similar to the service in Ubuntu (called: Router Advertisement Daemon?). Does Mint support this and what solutions are available for this?
Have dabbled in Linux ...
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